Three women wearing niqabs shot dead by cops after pulling out knives and throwing petrol bombs at police station
Two policeman were wounded in the attack in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa
THREE women have been killed after they attacked a police station.
They were shot by police after one of them threw a petrol bomb at officers while another pulled out a knife.
Two policeman were wounded in the attack in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa.
The women were wearing niqabs when they arrived at the central police station to report a stolen phone at about 10.30am.
Mobasa police chief Parterson Maelo said: "While the officers were questioning them about the particulars of the stolen phone one of them drew a knife and another threw a petrol bomb at the officers of the report office."
In the attack the three women were shot by police.
Bomb experts were said to be at the scene to detonate an explosive vest worn by one of the women.
No groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Kenya is under constant threat of attack from supporters of the Somali militant group al-Shabab, which has said it would retaliate after Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011.
Al-Shabab is al-Qaida's affiliate in the region and has recruited hundreds of Kenyans.
The recruits have then been used in countless attacks on the African country - including the April 2015 attack at Garissa University which killed more than 148 people.
Islamic State is also working hard to recruit Kenyans youths, and at least 20 young people have journeyed to Libya to join the extremist group, according to police.
The country is also facing threats of an anthrax attack, after authorities warned that a plot by extreme medics had been uncovered.
Four medics are currently in police custody accused of being IS members and plotting the attack.
Authorities fear those who join al-Qaida and IS may be used to attack Western targets in Kenya and neighbouring countries, as the East Africa country is the biggest economic powerhouse in the region.
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